Ribbon-guide holder for type-writers.



No. 733,975- .PATENTED JULY 21,1903. E. P. KUNATH.

RIBBON GUIDE HOLDER FOR TYPE WRITERS.

APPLICATION FILED nun. a1, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 21, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD F. KUNATH, OF JEEsEY CITY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOODTYPEWEITEE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

RIBBON-GUIDE HOLDER FOR TYPE-WRITERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 733,975, dated July 21,1903.

Application filed March 31, 19Q3- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that -I, EDWARD F. KUNATH, a citizen of the United States,residing in Jersey City, Hudson county, State of New J ersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ribbon-Guide Holders forTyp'e-WVriters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to type-writing machines, and particularly to theribbon-guide, which is employed adjacent to the printingpoint.

The object of my invention is to provide a holder for such aribbon-guide which will securely hold said guide under normalconditions, yet may be shifted to allow of a ready removal of theribbon-guide.

The invention will be fully described hereinafterand the features ofnovelty pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a sectional elevation on line 1 l of Fig. 2 of a portion of atype-writer provided with myimproved ribbon-guide holder. Fig. 2 is aplan with the ribbon-guide in section; and Figs. 3 and 4 are a plan anda front elevation, respectively, of the ribbon-guide holder.

A indicates the so-called segment, which is that part of the type-writerto which the type-bars are pivoted. Adjacent to the rear portion of thesegment, at the top thereof, is a stationary member B, and in thismember is formed a vertical guideway B for the ribbon-guide 0, providedat its lower end with means, such as an eye 0, for connecting it withany approved mechanism by which said guide is given a reciprocatingup-and-down motion. The segment A and guide member B practically formpart of the type-writer frame and will be referred to under the term ofa support. segment is secured the forked type-bar guide D, the upper endof which lies adjacent to to the printing-point. The guideway 13 is ofsuch width that the guide (1, with its eye 0 or other connecting device,can be passed and withdrawn upward through the guide- To the upperportion of the Serial No. 150,372. (No model.)

way. In order, however, to prevent any looseness of the guide 0, Iprovide the ribbonguide holder E. This holder is secured to the top ofthe member 13 of the support, as by screws F, passing through slots E,which extend from front torear. The holder is guided in its forward orrearward movement by being engaged with the type-bar guide D. (See Fig.2.) For this purpose the holder has a cut-out portion E adapted toembrace the type-bar guide. At the center the holder has a notch E intowhich the ribbon-guide O fits when the holder is in its forwardposition, as shown. The holder then embraces the ribbon-guide and formsa guide therefor. When it is desired to remove the ribbon-guide, thescrews F are loosened and the holder is moved to the rear, so as torelease the ribbon-guide and allow. it to be removed by an upward pull.Of course the ribbon-guide is first disconnected from the mechanismwhich operates it. Thus the ribbon-guide is normally positively held andguided; but when the holder is moved to the rear the ribbon-guide may bereadily removed.

Various modifications may be made without departing from the nature ofmy invention.

The holder E also prevents dirt from working into the guideway B, andthis is a very important advantage.

Iclaim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. In atype-Writer, asupport provided with a vertical guideway, a type-barguide carried by said support, a ribbon-guide movable vertically in saidguideway,a ribbon-guide holder movable on said support from front torear and recessed to embrace the type-bar guide and the ribbonguide, andmeans for nor mally keeping said ribbon guide holder against theribbon-guide.

2. In a type-writer,a movable ribbon-guide, a support having a guidewayfor said'ribbonguide, a ribbon-guide holder movable on the supporttoward and from the ribbon guide, and means for normally keeping saidholder against the ribbon-guide.

3. In a type-writer,a movable ribbon-guide,

a support having a gnideway for said ribbonguide, a ribbon-guide holderconstructed to embrace the ribbon-guide and movable toward and from theribbon-guide, and means for normally keeping said holder against theribbon-guide.

4. I11 a type-writer,a movable ribb0n-guide, a support having a gnidewayfor said ribbonguide, a ribbon-guide holder movable transversely of thepath of the ribbon-guide, and means fornormallykeeping the holderagainstthe ribbon-guide.

5. In atype-writer, asupport provided with a vertical guideway, aribbon-guide movable in said guideway, a type-bar guide arranged

